Theater Another First for Slog
posted by on September 18 at 23:23 PM
We are witnessing the invention of “blog theater,” brought to us by the merry art pranksters of PDL. (Jen gives them some love for their Starbucks/Olympic Sculpture Park art mindfuck here, I write about one of their member’s glass-headstone business here.)
In this post, from earlier today, PDL has taken over the comments thread and is posting the script of a play about George Washington. Sample quote:
I am aware that it would be difficult to burry yourself up to the neck in sand and cut your own head off with surgical precision.
Posted by Earl Yeager | September 18, 2008 10:20 PM 82
Who had the motive?
Posted by Paul Morrison | September 18, 2008 10:21 PM 83
Oh it is a long list Mr. Morrison. The Saudi’s, the Roman Catholic church, Hamas, Al Qaeda, a dozen private parties, hell the CIA. Lots of people have motive, but George had the best motive. If he is dead, it’s because George wanted to die.
Posted by Earl Yeager | September 18, 2008 10:21 PM
And thus a new art form is born. And you can jump in and be a part of it now.
kind of like that person that started their own blog in a gawker comments thread.
Some of the dialogue is fun, but MAN what a rambling story. Nothing happens and nothing is connected to anything else. Is this some sort of meta-thread designed to teach us all a lesson about the futility of posting comments? Or a comment on the lonely ego-driven world that is blogging? Or something?
A fun idea regardless. Props to the freaks who are doing it.
This isn't new. Nerds do this on LiveJournal all the time.
PDL totally owns this town. Take some notes, SBC.
Fun! I love this sort of stuff.
That part about mercs 2 is the best
We already have Chihuly. We need more "artistic" trolls?
labelling this art makes me question the value of art.
From #4: "PDL totally owns this town."
Way to have your sights appropriately set PDL -- low and within your conceptual reach.
Pass.
I approve of the idea, but as of yet, it seems a little too much like one of Chuck Palahniuk's more recent novels.
I'm totally in love with this story. Does it continue elsewhere?
Why did they stop? I want to know how it ends!
I read it a few days ago, and keep finding my thoughts coming back to it. I googled the character's names to see if the story continues in another blog... No luck yet.
I didn't think it was rambling at all. It was using the interviewing to get lots of back story, ahem, into the record.
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